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> Threads is a mobile-only app, like Instagram

Instagram can be used in a desktop browser just fine.

Let's imagine that I don't have an Instagram account because I don't. (I never really understood it because it just felt like a slightly differently flavored Facebook and I already had a Facebook account.) Up until this weekend, I could simply view a Twitter post regardless of whether I had an account. And while I've never been much of a Twitter user, I did find that useful as a lot of local news and weather type stuff would get posted and I could easily view them. Is there any analogy to that with Threads?

You can view single IG posts without an account.

You could view a tweet if linked to it, but it would limit your ability to view a feed or navigate elsewhere. Which is similar to instagram, but insta is more aggressive with stopping you, whereas twitter gave a slightly larger grace period.

Twitter removed that behavior under Elon, then developed something even more restrictive. Great.

Neither are good, and unfortunate that tumblr has recently ish copied this (for default css at least). Real shithead behavior.

Unfortunately, Facebook looks the best out of all of them. If a restaurant posts their specials on Facebook, I can see them. Basically not true for other social sites.

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